Re: Adware and Spyware

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 02/16/04


Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 20:22:47 -0500

Oliver,
How To: Deal with Unwanted Pop-ups
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/nopopups.htm

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"Oliver David" <flipmd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10d8201c3f3d6$b85e6210$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I already installed spysweeper and spybot on my computer
> which is running Windows XP.  Since Microsoft have leak on
> its code, my computer been poping up ads.  I can locate
> these adware and spyware.  Yahoo pop up block sometimes
> does not even work with these anoying pop up.  The ads are
> coming from hotbar.com and ebay.com.
>
> Reformatting my hard drive is not the best option, coz too
> tired starting over and over again.  I even have a Back-up
> program and did a back up from the safepoint.  Its not
> working.  What the heck is going on in these world of
> computing?
>
> I think even Microsoft change it version every freaking
> year, it will still be vandalised by these no life wanna
> be somebody.
>
> So what we gonna do?
>
>


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